Charles F. Marsh
became the seventh president of Wofford
College on September 1,
1958. A 1925 graduate of Lawrence College
in Appleton, Wisconsin,
he took the Master of Arts from the University
of Illinois in 1926, and the Ph.D.
from Illinois
in 1928. He was a faculty member at American University,
and from 1930 to 1958, a professor of economics at the College of William
and Mary. In his last six years at
William and Mary, he was Dean of the Faculty.
He was involved in civic affairs in Williamsburg, serving on several economic
planning agencies. An active churchman,
he was a member of several annual conference boards in the Virginia
and South Carolina
conferences and a member of the Methodist General Conference. Dr. Marsh also served as a member of the
Methodist Commission on Church Union and as a member of the University Senate
of the Methodist Church.
Active in the affairs of the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, he was a member of the SACS Executive Council at the time of the
integration crisis at the University
of Mississippi. Dr. Marsh retired from the presidency of
Wofford in 1968, returning to Williamsburg to
teach in the Graduate
School at William and
Mary.

Summary: President Marsh’s office files contain
correspondence relating to numerous aspects of Wofford College
in the 1960s. Principally, the college
papers consist of correspondence with the deans, Philip Covington and Frank
Logan, with faculty, with alumni and donors, and with some students. Some of his speeches and statements are also
included in this section. Two folders of
his correspondence relate to the College’s 1964 decision to integrate. The church papers deal with his work on the
Conference Board of Education and with his service for the University Senate as
a counselor to two North Carolina Methodist colleges. His Southern Association work involved the
evaluation and accreditation of Pikeville
College in Kentucky,
and his service on the executive committee during the integration of the University of Mississippi. Of particular interest are letters he
received during the crisis from interested persons and his response to some of
those letters. In addition to his papers
are the records of his inauguration, a number of photographs, and newspaper
clippings.